When opinion is accepted as fact, perception soon becomes reality, at least for those who share these opinions and cling to the resulting perceptions.

Today, truth doesn’t have to be fact or true at all. It only needs to be a judgment or proposition which has been accepted as true…

Those willing to make tough decisions on the basis of real things, events and facts, once known as the truth, will make their decision one way.

Those who allow themselves the latitude of accepted judgments, propositions and ideas, operating in a sea of gray matter where no absolutes exist, will make their decision quite another way – The opposite way, to put a fine point on it.

Life before gray matter was much easier.

Throughout our day, personally and professionally, we make judgments and decisions based on our understanding of the circumstances and opportunities surrounding those decisions.

The old adage formerly applied to our computers, “garbage- in = garbage- out”, applies to people as well, our minds being nothing more than the most complex computer on earth.

The quality of our decisions is in great part dependent upon the quality of the information we use to make those decisions.

This legislation is aimed at the Democrat’s major constituency: The “I’m Not Really Paying Attention to Politics” crowd.
I can’t tell you how many discussions I’ve had with “liberals” who bring up some story they heard in the MSM, but couldn’t be bothered to follow the entire story and were left with the media’s “first impressions”.
This is designed to make an impression on Democrat voters that the follow ups and retractions never will.

Weak.

If the Democrats in Congress were all drowning at sea and you threw some large rocks out to them, telling them that the rocks hate George Bush too, they’d all grab hold of them and think they’d been rescued at last.

2hotel9, Don’t forget Murtha!